Health secretary resigns after Obamacare launch woes

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Health secretary resigns after Obamacare launch woes

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obamas-health-secretary-resigns-obamacare-launch-woes-001433328--sector.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/80xdbLM9b2BA1_XseBxmAg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-04-11T111750Z_4_CBREA391S7A00_RTROPTP_2_USA-SEBELIUS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Sebelius prepares prior to testifying before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on the President's budget proposal for FY2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington" align="left" title="U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Sebelius prepares prior to testifying before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on the President's budget proposal for FY2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington" border="0" /></a>By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is resigning after overseeing the botched rollout of President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law, a White House official said on Thursday. Her departure removes one lightning rod for critics as Obama and nervous Democrats try to retain control of the U.S. Senate in November midterm elections, but Republicans continue to see problems with the Affordable Care Act as a winning issue. I think it's just going to embolden Republicans,&quot; said David Yepsen, director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University. The October 1 launch of new Obamacare health insurance marketplaces, which was plagued by computer problems that stymied access for millions of people, has been condemned by Republicans as a step toward socialized medicine.</p><br clear="all"/>

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